Thecideida
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| Thecideida Temporal range:
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| File:ThecideanZalas.jpg | |
| Thecideide brachiopod (T), sabellid worm tube (S) and bryozoans (B) on the shell of the bivalve Ctenostreon from the Jurassic of Poland | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Thecideida Elliott, 1958 |
| Superfamilies | |
Thecideida is an order of cryptic articulate brachiopods characterized by their small size and habit of cementing their ventral valves to hard substrates such as shells, rocks and carbonate hardgrounds. Thecideides first appeared in the Triassic[1] and are common today.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Order Thecideida
- Superfamily Thecideoidea Gray, 1840
- Superfamily Thecospiroidea Bittner, 1890
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